Bullous pemphigoid and its immune-mediated comorbidities / 中华皮肤科杂志

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) can be comorbid with a variety of immune diseases, such as immune skin diseases (psoriasis, vitiligo, alopecia areata and various other immune bullous diseases) , immune digestive diseases (inflammatory bowel disease, primary biliary cirrhosis) , autoimmune thyroid diseases, autoimmune rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis, scleroderma and systemic lupus erythematosus) , immune renal diseases (immune nephropathy, renal allograft rejection) and acquired hemophilia A. The above comorbidities markedly affect the quality of life of and treatment options for patients. This review elaborates on currently reported immune diseases associated with BP and their concomitant mechanisms.

Recommendations for public health protection against flood disaster / 中华预防医学杂志

Flood disaster is one of the most serious natural disasters in the world, and it could pose an inestimable impact on the affected people. Based on existing laws, regulations, and emergency manuals in China, extensive literature review, epidemiological and related protection evidence, and expert consultation, this study analyzed different health risk factors of flood disaster and proposed a multi-stage, multi-population, and multi-phase comprehensive protection measures for the public in the perspective of pre-event prevention, in-event intervention and post-event rescue strategy, which could provide a scientific basis for improving the level of public health protection against the flood disaster and corresponding health outcomes.

Depression and anxiety mediate perceived social support to predict health-related quality of life in pregnant women living with HIV.

Pregnant women living with HIV represent one of the most high-priority groups for HIV treatment and health assessment. Although social support has been shown to be a protective factor for improved health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and depression and anxiety have been identified as two major causes of psychological distress among people living with HIV, it is still unclear how social support, anxiety, and depression interact to influence HRQoL. The objective of our study was to demonstrate the nature of predictors, direct effects and mediator effects among social support, anxiety, depression symptoms and HRQoL in pregnant women living with HIV. We investigated a total of 101 pregnant women living with HIV in Yunnan province in China from April 2016 to June 2016. All participants completed the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), the Chinese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scales (HADS) and Quality of Life instruments (EuroQoL Five Dimensions Questionnaire, EQ-5D). The relationships between the variables were examined by Pearson's or Spearman's correlation analysis. Predictor effects were tested using separate multiple regressions, controlling for demographic variables and HIV diagnosis variables. Direct and mediation effects of social support on HRQoL were tested using a structural equation model (SEM). Anxiety and depression symptoms were negatively correlated with subjective social support, support utilization, social support and HRQoL. Social support significantly predicted better HRQoL, and anxiety and depression symptoms significantly predicted poorer HRQoL. Anxiety and depression symptoms partially mediated the associations between social support and HRQoL. Anxiety and depression symptoms completely mediated the associations of objective support and support utilization with HRQoL. Interventions to improve HRQoL in pregnant women living with HIV must consider the mediation effect of anxiety and depression symptoms on the association between social support and HRQoL. Social support interventions are valid only when anxiety and depression symptoms are managed effectively.

Clinical research on the D-dimer changes in haemolytic disease of newborn / 中国医师进修杂志

ObjectiveTo investigate the change of D-dimer in haemolytic disease of newborn and its clinical significance. MethodsSixty cases with haemolytic disease of newborn were divided into nonserious group(34 cases) and serious group(26 cases) by the level of bilirubin, 40 cases of normal neonatus (control group) were also selected. The levels of D-dimer and fibrinogen(FIB) were measured and compared.ResultsThe level of D-dimer in serious group and non-serious group[ (9.29 ± 11.34), (0.84 ± 0.77 ) mg/L]was higher than that in control group [ (0.45 ± 0.06) mg/L](P ＜ 0.01 or ＜ 0.05 ),the level of D-dimer in serious group was higher than that in non-serious group (P＜ 0.01 ). There was no significant difference in the level of FIB among the three groups (P ＞ 0.05). ConclusionsThere is hypercoagulability in the serious haemolytic disease of newborn. It is valuable to detect plasma D-dimer density for serious haemolytic disease of judgement and treatment.

Research of coagulation function changes in newborn hemolytic disease / 中国医师进修杂志

Objective To investigate the clinical significance and coagulation function changes in newborn hemolytic disease. Method The newborn hemolytic disease ( 60 cases, hemolytic disease group ), non-hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia (60 cases, non-hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia group) and normal newborn (60 cases,control group) were selected as the study subjects, the prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) were measured, and the blood platelet count at the same time was detected. Results PT and APTT in hemolytic disease group were higher than those in non-hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia group[(28.79 ?.21) s vs. (18.98?.41) s and (58.52?.13) s vs. (47.26?.81) s], and they were apparently higher than those in control group [(13.81 ?1.83) s and (38.10 ?3.00) s], the difference had statistic significance (P 0.05). Conclusions The newborn hemolytic disease has the bleeding tendency, and the bleeding tendency has no relationship with the quantity of the blood platelet, but relates to the extension of PT and APTT. The more serious the case is, the more obvious the PT and APTT rise. PT and APTT can be as the detection index and evaluating effect of the newborn hemolytic disease coagulation function.